2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits Discussion Thread

[Valleygolfer]

Looking like a Day/Speith final grouping....unless Rose can get it in close...

[newtogolf]

Setting the stage for Spieth - Day final pairing.

[newtogolf]

I can only imagine the pressure Jones and Finau are feeling.   Jones needs to do something on 18 otherwise that double is going to haunt him all night.

[Valleygolfer]

Rose has to be pissed.

[RJH999]

As Finau shits the bed...

Can't really blame him, only his second major...

[RandallT]

Setting the stage for Spieth - Day final pairing.

Gotta think it's going to be one of: Day Spieth Rose Grace Kaymer (that's a strong leaderboard)

Finau/Jones not likely to mount comebacks.

DJ possible, but he's going to have to go low to beat the 5 above.

[ChrisP]

With the winds predicted to be up, anything can happen. That brings in the guys further back with a shot. It sounds like the same winds we saw late Thursday where not many guys shot under par.

[isukgolf]

Is it me are does Day's caddie resemble Jack Nicklaus?

[Valleygolfer]

Is it me are does Day's caddie resemble Jack Nicklaus?

It's you.

[RJH999]

Gotta think it's going to be one of: Day Spieth Rose Grace Kaymer (that's a strong leaderboard) Finau/Jones not likely to mount comebacks. DJ possible, but he's going to have to go low to beat the 5 above.

By my count, there's about 9 golfers with a chance, albeit some have a very small chance. Let's break it down with the @RJH999 method, shall we? :-D. There is but one golfer in the "LOLNO" category: Anirban Lahiri (Sorry man) That leaves nine, but there's a few in the "Extreme Longshots" category: Tony Finau Matt Jones Dustin Johnson So, there are 5 golfers with a legit shot at the championship: Jason Day Jordan Spieth Branden Grace Justin Rose Martin Kaymer Who I think is most likely to win to least likely: 1. Jordan Spieth 2. Justin Rose 3. Jason Day 4. Martin Kaymer 5. Branden Grace

[Valleygolfer]

Ordinarily I don't like it when golf courses hand out doughnuts but the soft course, low wind and scoring was pretty nice. I don't want that for tomorrow. Bring on the wind!

[RandallT]

Ordinarily I don't like it when golf courses hand out doughnuts but the soft course, low wind and scoring was pretty nice. I don't want that for tomorrow. Bring on the wind!

I enjoyed today too, because the top guys separated themselves.

Only a handful of guys went -6 or better today, and most of them are these guys.

[Scotsclaff]

Bring on the wind.

[iacas]

PGA Site says today is 7501.

http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/scoring/course_stats

It says the same for all four days and we know that's not true. That's basically as long as it can really play.

[RandallT]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandallT

PGA Site says today is 7501.

http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/scoring/course_stats

It says the same for all four days and we know that's not true. That's basically as long as it can really play.

Good call. Other majors have changed it day to day, so I didn't even check. Here I was thinking the announcers were boneheads for not checking.

[ChrisP]

Yeah, I don't think it's played its max out yardage. But length doesn't really impact scores. Fast and undulating greens, narrow fairways with high rough do, and Whistling Straits is lacking that right now, including tough pin locations and high winds which have been mostly non-existent. Too many guys are getting easy lies in the rough, although don't tell that to Jason Day on 16. But even moreso, there's little break on many of these putts. They don't have any speed and not much break to them and you're seeing players burying 10-15 footers all day. You don't see that at Augusta or the US Open where putts are tougher to read, but you're seeing it here.

I don't mind some scoring, but in a major, you don't want to see it play like the Bob Hope Classic. You want to see guys tested. That being said, the last hour had a lot of drama to it. I just hope tomorrow does as well. Glad to see the winds will be up.

[weekend hacker1]

By my count, there's about 9 golfers with a chance, albeit some have a very small chance.

Let's break it down with the @RJH999 method, shall we? .

There is but one golfer in the "LOLNO" category: Anirban Lahiri (Sorry man)

That leaves nine, but there's a few in the "Extreme Longshots" category:

Tony Finau

Matt Jones

Dustin Johnson

So, there are 5 golfers with a legit shot at the championship:

Jason Day

Jordan Spieth

Branden Grace

Justin Rose

Martin Kaymer

Who I think is most likely to win to least likely:

1. Jordan Spieth

2. Justin Rose

3. Jason Day

4. Martin Kaymer

5. Branden Grace

On the whole I agree with your groupings, but there is no basis for excluding Lahiri from the first group. He is in no worse a position, and Finau isn't any better a player.

[dchoye]

I like Jason day. He looks like he has got all the talent except for clutch putting. The pairing with Jordan will be exciting to watch. I'm guessing the winner will be from that group. If these top guys can putt like Jordan they could be at his level.